Allina Health

When we leave branches, trees and other natural carpet like leaves, we host the honey bees, new plants and all the baby critters that seem to be invisible to us, but are calling those spots home! Foxes will make dens under fallen trees, inside of rotted trunk cavities and other creatures like deer use these as part of their camouflage to blend...

I love this time of year when we focus on how we can join our forces to combat waste management and help keep the earth just a little bit more beautiful as a team instead of just a company. It makes it much more personal! My first eco challenge was initiated by Brooklyn Park Allina's clinic manager, Suzanne Plant. She was so educational and...

Events like art fairs and concerts open your eyes to the abundance of talent and creativity that are in our little worlds! It's incredibly impressive and fascinating just how amazing peoples' minds are around us!

Especially today everyone needs to know they're thought of, cared about and loved. Reminding those you care about that there's still good in the world looking out for them, gives them hope that tomorrow will be better!

One in four species of native bees in North America face extinction, and monarch butterflies have declined by 85 percent in the last twenty years!

I love doing this challenge every year and finding new ways I can help the planet :)

I will be sharing my skills at the next community garden work day in my neighborhood this Saturday. This includes general gardening skills. I will also be able to give away my extra seedlings.

I have increased my fruits and veggies to help increase my overall health and it has been delicious!

I grew up with cistern water. Once a month the water truck would come by and fill our cistern tank. We always had access to water for the essentials, but we had to be judicious about how long of showers we took, so I was good at what my friends called the spit and spin showers. Now I realize that was nothing compared to what many in other...

So much stuff already exists, in 2026 I'm trying to buy new as little as possible if I can borrow or thrift instead!